Auto screen



Dec. 31, 1929. U N 1,741,890

AUTO SCREEN Filed Feb. 11. 1928 Patented Dec. 31, 1929 um'rso STATESBENNETT G. TURNER, 01 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA mm scannn Applicationfiled February 11, 1928. Serial No. 253,668.

7 This invention aims to provide a screen 'which may be mounted readilyin the window of a coach, above the slidable glass panel, to admit air,and at the same time afford a foli raminous barrier. Another object ofthe invention is to provide novel means for connectin the various artsof the frame.

Tt is within t e rovince of the disclosure to im rovegeneral y and toenhance the utility 0 devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the reciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a portion of a vehiclewherein the device formlng the subj ect matter of this application hasbeen mounted;

Figure 2 is a section taken approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,parts being broken away;

Figure 4 is an elevation showing one of the screen frames;

Figure 5 is an elevation showing a portion 35 of one of the screenframes, parts being broken away;

Figure 6 is a top plan showing the two frames folded together, partsbeing in section' Figure 7 is an elevation showing the hinged connectionbetween the inner stiles of the frames.

The device comprises a pair of frames. The frames are constructed alike,and a description of one frame will apply to the other. The frames maybe made of wood or any other suitable material.

The frame includes an inner stile 1. The stile 1 preferably isrectangular in cross section. The frame includes an outer stile 2disposed parallel to the inner stile-1. The outer stile 2 has alongitudinal outstandin rib 3.

The rib 3 terminates, as shown at 4, s ort of the end 5 of the outerstile 2. In the end 5 of the outer stile 2 there is a notch 6.

The numeral 7 marks an upper rail. The upper rail 7 is provided at itsend with a tongue 8. The tongue 8 is mounted in the notch 6 that isformed in the end 5 of the outer stile 2. The extremity of the tongue 8is alined with the rib 3, so that the extremity of the tongue 8 forms,in effect, a continuation of the rib 3. A securing element 9, such as arivet, passes through the end 5 of the upper rail 7 and through thetongue 8. The rivet 9 has a head 10 which projects a little beyond theouter surface of the upper rail 7. The rivet 9 is bifurcated, and itsends 11 are turned in opposite directions, and are clinched down on theend portion of the stile 2.

The frame includes a lower rail 21 disposed parallel to the upper rail7. The structure hereinbefore described, and shown at 56 8-9-1011 isused to connect one end of the lower rail 21 with the lower end of theouter stile 2. In connecting the inner end of the upper rail 7 and ofthe lower rail 21 with the inner stile 1, the construction hereinbeforealluded to at 56 8--9-1011 is used, aside from the fact that the innerstile 1 does not have the rib 3, the inner stile being rectangular incross section, and the projecting portion of the tongue 8 shown in theupper right-hand corner of Figure 5 being omitted. The frame-formingmembers are joined at the corners of the frame by metal angle brackets22 held in place by securing elements 23. The upper rail 7 preferably isrectangular in cross section, as shown in Figure 3, but the lower rail21 has a groove 24 in its lower edge.

On the frame is placed a body which preferably is formed of a good gradeof wire netting, indicated at 12. Securing members 14, such as nails ortacks, hold the netting 12 on the frame; Retaining strips 15 cover theraw edges ofthe netting 12 and bear upon the securing members 14:.Securing devices 16, such as tacks, nails, or screws, hold the retainingstrips 15 on the respective stiles and rails of the frame. The ends ofthe retaining window frame 0 strips 15-are cut off at a bevel, as shownat 17 in Fi ure 5, in line with the split in the rivet 9. he end of onestrip 15 overlaps one of the ends 11 of the rivet 9, and the end of theadjoining retaining strip 15 overla s the other end 11 of the samerivet, to ho d the ends 11 of the rivet in lace.

The inner stiles 1 0 the frames are connected by hinges 18, so that theframes can be folded together, as shown in Figure 6, and when the framesare folded together as aforesaid, the heads 10 of the rivets 9 bearagainst each other, and prevent one frame from rubbin against the otherframe, the result being t at the finish on the frames remainsunimpaired.

In practical operation, the device is folded a little on the hinges l8and the ribs 3 and the outer stiles 2 are inserted into the verticalgrooves or guides 19 in the wall of the coach wherein the glass anel 20ordinarily slides. The constituent rames of the device are brought intothe same plane, and the device is pushed upwardly, until the upper rail7 is received in the roove 25 in t e top of the %the coach, as shown inFigure 3. When the glass panel 20 is raised, the lower edge of the panelis received in the groove 24 that is formed in the lower edges of thelower rails 21, an observation which will be understood readily when thelower portion of Figure 3 of the drawings is examined.

The device is sim le in construction but it will be found to thoroughlyadequate for the ends in view.

What is claimed 1. In a device of the class described, a

frame comprising coo crating corner-forming members, one of w 'ch has anotch in its end, the other of which has a reduced tongue received inthe notch, a securing element passing through the tongue and said endand bifurcated to form oppositely extended fingers overlapped on saidend, a screen on the frame, and retaining strips superposed on thescreen and secured to the frame, the strips being beveled in substantialalinement with the line where the securing element is bifurcated, onestrip overlapping one of the fingers, and the otherstrip overlapping theother of the fingers.

2. In a device of the class described, a pair of screen frames each madeup of a plurality of parts, securing elements connecting the parts ofeach frame and located at the corners of each frame, hinges connectingthe inner vertical edges of the frames and constituting means wherebythe frames may be folded together, the securing elements being rovidedwith heads that project beyond the rames, the heads on one frameabutting against the heads on the other frame, thereby to keep theframes spaced apart when the frames are folded together on the hinges,the

